Cornwall, NY To Receive Federal Help From Irene
Orange County is among nine New York counties added to the list that are eligible for federal disaster assistance. Others include Rockland, Suffolk and Sullivan.
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Orange County is among nine New York counties added to the list that are eligible for federal disaster assistance. Others include Rockland, Suffolk and Sullivan.
Police said the suspect approached a 28-year-old woman last Friday and grabbed her, touching her over and under her clothing and breast area.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has identified 26 counties that saw "devastating effects" from last weekend's storm. Brooklyn, despite being one of those counties, hasn't yet been declared a disaster zone by the federal government.
Brian Pittsley was charged with criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. Police said he was driving a Chevrolet Suburban with friends on Staten Island when he ran a stop sign and was struck by a Nissan Sentra.
Police are on the lookout for a man who they say robbed several restaurants and pharmacies during a three-day crime spree earlier this month.
The lawsuits stated Aron's father should have known what was going on with his son and could have stopped the crime.
Mayor Bloomberg said that senior citizen homes, nursing homes and hospitals in low-lying areas "must evacuate" by 8 p.m. Friday unless they are able to show that their location or provisions for back-up power would allow them to stay safe.
The popular Brooklyn food co-op is known for taking political and environmental stands. Some of its members have expressed concern over Israel's policy in Palestine.
Authorities said the suspect entered the woman's East Flatbush apartment through a fire escape and open window around 2 a.m. on August 18 and grabbed her buttocks.
Footage from the store shows him being attacked as he nears his car, and being forced into another car.
New Yorkers are shaking it off. A day after the most powerful quake in decades rattled New Yorkers, frayed nerves are giving way to laughs and "where were you whens."
Kashif Parvaiz, originally from Brooklyn, and Antoinette Stephen of Billerica, Mass., are charged with murdering Parvaiz's wife, Pakistani-born Nazish Noorani.
Even a tried and true New Yorker can discover new restaurants, shops and hidden gems one on a walking tour, and there's no shortage of them. Here are the six best in NYC, covering the sights and sounds of the boroughs.
Mayor Bloomberg called the record-breaking 23 series being filmed in the city impressive considering the difficult state of the economy.
Suffolk County police say 39-year-old Edward Louis Ivey Jr. was shot while he was standing in the street on West Booker Avenue in Wyandanch just before 1 a.m. Sunday.
Authorities said Parvaiz plotted the killing with another woman, 26-year-old Antoinette Stephen, who was also arrested and charged in the plot.
The riots tore through the neighborhood in 1991, stoked by tensions between the Jewish and black communities living side-by-side.
Lubna Choudhry said her sister, Nazish Noorani, had been unhappy in her marriage with Kashif Pervaiz for some time.
Police say they were called to an apartment on Greene Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and found 5-month-old Sonanlsamo Dorjee unconscious inside.
Joan Hong says her Yorkie named Matsu was stolen off the street in Brooklyn. It is the third dognapping reported in the last month.
Family members said 27-year-old Nazish Noorani and her husband, 26-year-old Kashif Pervaiz, were confronted by several men shooting at them as they walked between family homes.
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that called for the removal of the Prospect Park West bike lanes, saying the statute of limitations had expired for a legal challenge to the lane.
The Brooklyn district attorney's office began placing special stickers in storefront windows Tuesday letting children know it is a safe place to go for help in the event of an emergency.
Three floors of the western side of the imposing Brooklyn Municipal Building are being converted to a restaurant and shops.
The economy may be in dire straights, but there is one industry in New York that is growing by leaps and bounds.
